...it joins the Old Nene river. A fenman on the eastern bank demanded a toll of fourpence for hauling ; but as he confessed it was not above a fortnight since this new tax was levied, and could give us no reason for his novel demand, we refused to comply, to his evident mortification. He went away, swearing...

...of the neighbourhood, but subsequently replaced them. About a mile and a half from March "a fenman on the eastern bank of the river demanded fourpence...refused to comply. He threatened to detain the horse " (called " Hippopotamus,"and described by one writer as a fenhorse, and by another as a seahorse),...